Blackberry knife fighting

Clearing blackberry is a lot like knife fighting.  You're going to get cut, just try to minimize long term damage.

The apple tree has produce very little this year, kind of a relief.  The peach tree also produced less than usual, but we got a few very nice pieces of fruit of out it.  Our Italian plum tree is going gangbusters but it will probably be 2-3 weeks before they're ripe.

My forearms have battle scars from the blackberry but not nearly as bad as I've had in the past.